#EC6162#EC6162

#EC6162 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.173 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC6162
RGB	rgb(236, 97, 98)
HSL	hsl(360, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(360, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, 53.79, 27.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 60.27, 26.83°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% 0.1594 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.173 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0751, 27.2693, 14.6534)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC6162 #61ECEB

analogous

#EC61A8 #EC6162 #ECA561

triadic

#EC6162 #62EC61 #6162EC

tetradic

#EC6162 #A8EC61 #61ECEB #A561EC

square

#EC6162 #A8EC61 #61ECEB #A561EC

split-complementary

#EC6162 #61ECA5 #61A8EC

monochromatic

#BC1718 #E52A2C #EC6162 #F39898 #F9CECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#EC6162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#EC6162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EC6162

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC6162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC6162	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837C61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69A5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4763

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec6162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 97, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.173 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8938e',
    500: '#ec6162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec6162;
$custom-light: #f8938e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec6162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.568,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66916,
    "c": 0.17257,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC6162

secondary

#BDECEB

accent

#DBD90B

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC6162

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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